Test 2 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 31: the army…

bro, what does bridle-wise mean, is it like being wicked at tricks?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mean · What happens: bridle, be · To what, where: bro, tricks

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 630 «The Jungle Book, Her Majesty's Servants, part 31: the army animals talk about being scared and about fighting» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wicked	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bridle	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 bridle	obj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bridle	aux
5	bridle	bridle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 bro	acl:relcl
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 wise	punct
7	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 mean	amod
8	mean	mean	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bridle	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bro	punct
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 wicked	cop
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 wicked	nsubj
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 wicked	case
13	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 wicked	cop
14	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 tricks	case
16	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 wicked	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 wicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bridle	present · do-support		bro					tree rules
2	is	present	mean			tricks		bro vocative; wicked property	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

a fast trick with reins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 trick	det
2	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 trick	amod
3	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 reins	case
5	reins	rein	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 trick	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

kicking back when the bit hurts your mouth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	kicking	kick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 kicking	advmod
3	when	when	SCONJ	_	6 hurts	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bit	det
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hurts	nsubj
6	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 kicking	advcl
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mouth	nmod:poss
8	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hurts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick back	gerund							vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
2	hurt	present	the bit	your mouth					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mouth=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

spinning round fast when the rein presses your neck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	spinning	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 presses	csubj
2	round	round	ADV	_	1 spinning	advmod
3	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 spinning	advmod
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 presses	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rein	det
6	rein	rein	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 presses	nsubj
7	presses	press	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 neck	nmod:poss
9	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 presses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin round	gerund						fast, round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	press	present	the rein	your neck					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Theme

Option 4

being wicked at tricks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 wicked	cop
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 tricks	case
4	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wicked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund				tricks		wicked property	tree rules

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